Rotary advertising apparatus



April 22, 1930. E. c. TAYLOR ROTARY ADVERTISNG APPARATUS Filed April 14,1928 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 r s A m r m m T .m y 0 HM W Xv E u G V I. m4 Q Iwe I\ x 1 W J. H m z D K F L 1 F 3. p

April 22, 1930. E. c. TAYLOR 55,8 8

ROT'ARY ADVERTISING APPARATUS Filed April 14, 1928 5 SheetsSheet 2Gttorncgs April 22, I930. E. c. TAYLOR 1,755,848

ROTARY ADVERTISING APPARATUS Filed April 14, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 3Patented A r. 22, 1930 EUGENE iL'oR, F PATTERSON} no 'IsIAN- .wnormmADVERTISING APEPARATUS n med April 14,"

" inventionirei'ates to apparatus ifor-iiisplaying "advertisements ofvarious kinds, in.

, such a way the ordinary pas'serhy would go by without ofadvertisingjooards or plates, whieh'may he I to rivet fthe attention ofthe "ordinary-by- Y tor, belt and pulley,or-cogigearing; and as as willhe likely to attract the "attention ofan ordinary passenhy; I 1; V

I f's weiLlmown-tha the *ey'eis much more quickly attracted by an"objectinjnrotionthan whenithis object is atrest, and as eviclenc'e-of'this,display advertisements in "shop'windows, where there is'an-elementmotion nvolved,"

- For" this p'urhose'l provide a rotating disk or wheel, carrying on itsfront face annmher v in the form ofdisksor other shapeeand ima partingto all of these advertisinlg' boards, plates or 'dis'kssllch mot'ion awill he apt stander. v y I j In coop ration withthe whe'el rotating in,the vertical plane, I {rotate (in a horizontal planeanother disk orwheelycarrying adver-r using matter, so that an 'i'lnusual'varietyfo-f'"movements is imparted, adapted to 'attraot the -attention ofthe-passerby, and to canserhim" v to stop nd; examinethe "apparatus theadvertisements carried thereby.

T apP re i be 4 iven ha s it able source ofnpower such a'syanelectriomesuch motive power isn'ot necessarilya part of my present invention,the'same will heillustrated in the conventionahway, asby'a pulley.

My invention will be more fully iihdrstood' after reference tothe'acoompanying draw ings, in whiohllike parts are indicated byrsimilarreference symbols thron ghoutthe' several views, and inwhieh, v r fFigure" 1- is a frontelevation; showingthe I Figure '5 shows :a section192;. 's rialgn- 269,945.

vcomplete advertising apparatus "exclusive of the driving mechanism. V r1 Figure 21s a planview of the apparatn thfe motor-powenbei'ngillustratecla's by apnlley;

Figure 3 shows a vertical section alongthe line 3"T3 "01 Figure 2, andlooking inthe di rectionof thearrows;

Figure 4 's' a horizontal sejction a l'o'ng'the line of Figure 3,and-looking'down, parts being sho-wn inelevation.

I along the broken line 5%5 of Figure 1 and looking in the diIQCi-ftion-of the arrows.

Figure '6 is a perspective view ofone"of advertising disks, or plates, 1which is "positivelyflriven, as will he hezeihaft-er bles'crihech Figure7' is aperspeetive viw'o f one of the pivotedfweighted hlook's to whichthe adven tising' 'm'at'ter may "be -:attached-', carried "by one.ofthe'drivendisks. i V v Figure shows one 0% theeounter-halanoeiidisks, which is not positively driven,and

tends to maintain its vertical position -hy ravity v Figure 9 zontal:disk '01" wheel.

ctilarin shape mounted on any suitable fi ameworlg snch as the beamsB,*Whi'ch pro jett beyond the plait-iforin, and are/connected near theirends to the upright @bstsB? tied together by the cross beams Bhjf 5Connected to the upper "portion of these] posts'B are the-crossheam'si Bwhich are meunted above and clear ofthe platform-A;

is a detaileii -view; showing-the rear of one of the signs carried bythehori A represents a platform preferahlytir- These beams B carry theframes Cte'ririinats 7 ing in the bearin'g' 'C havingthe cap'Ca and inwhich bearing the main drive shaft- D is journalld; j 1

P his-shaft passesaboye anotherbearing' G? closed tyaeap'Gfl-see Figure5, andthis said shaft may be" driven in any convenient way; ashy thepelle E, shown in dotted lines in F-i'giires2 and 5; Q r I Keyed on thisouter shaft I) is a Wheel e? disk F, which maybe reinforced, ifdesireil.

with radial strips F' sofasto form a hetten i H bearing-surface for thestub "shafts and pins that will be 'hereinafter'deseribed. H

Arranged radially on this disk or wheel are a number of counterbalanceddisks G, G" and G having one side g heavier than the other, so that theywill normally rest in a substantially vertical position, while the maindisk F rotates.

These counter-balanced disks G, G and G are pivoted on pins 9, g and 9as shownv most clearly in Figure 5, and advertising matter of anydesired kind can be pastedor otherwise applied to the front of thesedisks,and

' this advertising matter will remain in a subthe same. shaft as theadvertising diskK so that as the shaftD rotates, the fiXedrack'I-I willcause the various pinions J J and J to rotate, and simultaneously willrotate the a disks K, K andK The disks G, G and G stantially verticalposition,-as themain disk rotates.

At the front end of the main shaft D,'I may provide a counterbalanceddisk G pivoted at g to themain shaft, and cut away as at g to throw itscenter of gravity below its pivot,

and also to increase the attractiveness ofthe.

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' Concentric with the 'sh'aft D is a fixed circular rack H connected bymeans of the screw.

bolts I and Ito the journal bearing C, and

O ,so that the shaft may turn, but this and .K,K and K are preferablyarranged in r the blocks M pivot-ally attached to the face radialgroups, as shown.

Referring to Figure 1, it will be seen that I- have shown every fourthseries of advertising,v disks as rotating, and the other threeintermediate groups of counterbalanced. disksfree to hang vertically ontheir respectivepins.

Thus itwill be seen that variable motion is imparted to every fourthgroup ofadvertising disks Obviously every advertising group may berotated, or every second or third set, if desired.

The advertisements may be applied directly to the face of theadvertising disks ;K, K and K or may be connected thereto in anyconvenient way, as by meansfof of the disk, as by the zpins m,as shownin g S'fi and 7.

Thus it will be seen that as the shaft D 150-; tates carrying with itthe main disk F, the disks G,G and G will hang like pendulums,

while the'disks K, K and- K willbe posi-' tively driven; and thus quite.a variegated effect may be imparted to the advertising media thatmaybedisposed on the disks.

Mounted above the platform A is a horizontally disposed rotating disk N,which car-- ri es a cone bearing N mounted on casters or rollers N sothat this disk Nmay be rotated over the platform A. This disk N carriesa flange P, which may be separated therefrom as by the rounded posts P,which are held in place by the screws 29, and against these roundedposts, the belt Q engages. This endless belt passes over the pulley Rfastened to the shaft D, see Figures 3 and 5, and then over the idlersS,a'nd the pulleys T, see Figure 3, engaging in frictional contact withthe posts P, and causing the disk N to rotate as the shaft D rotates. 5.1

Thus it will be seen that the rotation of the shaft D will not onlyrotate the vertical disk F, but the horizontal disk N. Thishorizontal'disk N is "also" provided with advertising displayarrangements, such for instance, as the'ca rd holdersll, in which theadvertising plates .or cards V are detachably mounted. 1 h V e 1 i i Inorder to hold these cards'or' plates conveniently: in placefthe back ofeach may be provided with'theblooks V, which fitin the holders U,as'shown in Fig'uresland 9. A number of these-advertising cards may bemounted on th'e horizontal rotary disk N. Y

In order toprovide an element ofsurprise, I may mount outside the disk Nand carried bythe platform A, a fence-like arrangement,

comprising the loops W, in which screening cards or plates X beconveniently mounted, as shown in Figures 1 and 2. These screen cards orplates may be'made of pasteboard,

metal, or the like, and may bear on their faces anyadvertisingjjmatter;v and obviously the plates may be changed from timeto time.

' By spacing these screen cards orplates apart,as shown in Figure1,.theadvertising card'scarried by the rotating disk N will be displayedseriatim, and thus we get a step by step view ofthe advertisements,carried by: e

the disk N. t

Obviously the loops W may be carried entirely around thefplatformasfshown in Figure 4, or they may bev carried through only part ofthecircumference of the platform. In a similar way, the 'screensX may beused to screen only the front oralimited portion of the apparatus,'asmay be desired.

Obviously these screens maybe changed from time to time, or maybe movedcloser together or farther'apart',so as to presenta varied'appearancefrom time to time. Thus it will befseen that I have provided anadvertising apparatus in which advertisements'are rotated in thevertical and horizontal, plane, and are partly screened from time totime, andwhichmay be changed from time to. time. I

While' 'I have referred to the blocks or plates--G, G and G and K, K andK as disks, obviously they maybe of any desired contour, and the:terms'maller disks, as used in the claims, should be so understoodWhile I have described one embodiment of the invention in its preferredform it will be obvious that various changes might be made in theconstructlon, comblnation and arrangement of parts, whlch might be usedwithout and means for displaying advertising matter carried by saidhorizontal disk.

2. Apparatus for advertising, comprising a main rotary shaft a verticaldisk rotated thereby, a horizontal disk, means operated by said shaftfor rotating said horizontal disk,

means for displaying advertising matter in movable relation to saidvertical disk, and means for displaying advertising matter carried bysaid horizontal disk, with means for screening off parts of saidhorizontal disk as it rotates.

3. Apparatus for advertising, comprising a main rotary shaft a verticaldisk mounted thereon, a horizontal disk, means operated'by said shaftfor rotating said horizontal disk, means for displaying advertisingmatter on said vertical disk, and means for displaying advertisingmatter carried by said horizontal disk.

4. Apparatus for advertising, comprising a main rotary shaft a verticaldisk mounted thereon, a horizontal disk, means operated by said shaftfor rotating said horizontal disk, means for displayingadvertising-matter on said vertical disk, and means for displayingaclvertising matter carried by said horizontal disk with means forscreening ofl' parts of said horizontal disk as it rotates.

5. Apparatus for advertising, comprising a main rotary shaft, a,vertical disk mounted thereon, a horizontal disk, means operated by saidshaft for rotating said horizontal disk, means for displayingadvertising matter in movable relation to said vertical disk, comprisinga series of smaller disks pivotally operated by said shaft for rotatingsome of said smaller disks, and means for displaying advertising mattercarried by said horizontal disk, with means for screening oif parts ofsaid horizontal disk as it rotates.

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mounted on said vertical disk, with gearing operated by said shaft forrotatin some of said smaller disks, and means for isplaying advertisingmatter carried by said horizontal disk.

6. Apparatus for advertising, comprising a main rotary shaft a verticaldisk mounted thereon, a horizontal disk, means opera-ted by said shaftfor rotating said horizontal disk,

means for displaying advertising matter in movable relation to saidvertical disk,comprising a series of smaller disks pivotally mounted onsaidvertical disk, with gearing

